Word: jovi
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Music at the White House is also in for a change. No more Jon Bon Jovi, Stevie Wonder, Melissa Etheridge, Quincy Jones etc. We are in for some serious country music. And not that socially-conscious pap produced by Garth Brooks. Look for Merle Haggard, Brooks & Dunn and Travis Tritt...
...whatever happened to good ol' American rock? At the Drive In, Grandaddy and Queens of the Stone Age all had solid releases, but they hardly got any airplay. Meanwhile, the less compelling sounds of Creed, Limp Bizkit and Papa Roach hogged the headlines and sales racks. (Oh, and Bon Jovi returned. Apparently that mattered to some people...
...wakes go, the private party that Al Gore gave for his staff and closest supporters after his concession speech last night turned out to be a pretty good time. Somewhere around midnight, guest Jon Bon Jovi - who had bonded with the veep during the campaign - suggested that the cover band that was playing in the tent outside the vice president's official residence might be due for some reinforcements. Bon Jovi turned down the immediate calls that he take the stage, but asked if he might recruit some friends who happened to be in town for a benefit...
While Gore aides arranged clearances with the security folks at the guardhouse, Bon Jovi worked his cell phone, and a short while later appeared none other than Tom Petty, John Popper of Blues Traveler, and a raft of studio musicians. About 45 minutes later, Stevie Wonder showed up for a couple of numbers, one of which was "Higher Ground...
...right between "reptile" and "repugnant" was a an easy crowd-pleaser, but seemed oddly incongruous in the new Lieberman era. Salma Hayek was so enthused with saying "Al Gore rocks!" that she walked offstage forgetting to introduce the next act, and had to dash back to announce Jon Bon Jovi. Perhaps the most enthusiastically received line of the night came from the boyish Matt Damon who equated George Bush with Fredo from the "Godfather" movies. "And they wouldn't even let him run the family business...